Note: dated 14 XII 1900

22.
14/XII — 00 [Munich].
12 o'clock at night.

Dear P. B.!

Forgive me for troubling you needlessly with a telegram. Not receiving the article in the morning, I decided (after your telegram yesterday) that something had happened, and I resolved to send a telegram asking about it, especially under the influence of a desperate letter from the printing office. But your article arrived a few hours later! I hasten to inform you, at your request, immediately upon its receipt, and I apologize once again for the telegram.¹)

I am very, very glad that we shall see each other soon; "brother"²) will also arrive in the next few days, probably—and in 2—3 weeks, perhaps Aleksei [Martov] as well.

From Paris there is still no article about the international congress—I sent a telegram today.

I may have to go away³) for a time before the newspaper comes out, in order to sort out various trifles (we made a terrible miscalculation in thousands of letters and are now cutting out a lot!), but this will take some 3—4 days.

Write to me—should I rent a room for you or would it be better simply to scout things out beforehand?⁴) I shall ask V[era] Ivanovna [Zasulich] about your requirements and begin looking.

Forgive the brevity—I am very tired and in a hurry.

Pressing your hand firmly.

Your Petroff.

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¹) P. B. Axelrod's article "Results of the International Social Democratic [Movement]." Printed in nos. 1 and 2 of *Iskra*.

²) Brother—A. N. Potresov, who was traveling to Russia for a short time.

³) As is evident from this letter and from the letter of 24/XII 1900, Vladimir Ilyich traveled from Munich to Leipzig, where *Iskra* was being printed. It is difficult to determine the exact time of the trip from these data, but in any case the trip took place sometime between 14 and 22 December, as evidenced by the fact that in the letter of 24 December Vladimir Ilyich states definitively: "Only yesterday did I return from my journey"... Taking into account that Vladimir Ilyich had planned to spend 3—4 days on this trip, the time of his journey to the *Iskra* printing office should be reckoned at approximately 19 to 22 December 1900.